Next month, video sharing site YouTube will be entering the live Webcasting business, staging live events that will feature both real-world celebrities as well as popular personalities from the site itself. Dubbed “YouTube Live,” the first show is scheduled to go off on November 22 in San Francisco, featuring singer Katy Perry, rapper Will.i.am, and a series of YouTube stars, including 20-year-old Dutch singer Esmee Denters, who has shot to popularity covering songs on YouTube.
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SanDisk Launches $20 slotMusic Player
Last month, SanDisk announced slotMusic, a new initiative to distribute DRM-free major label music on 1 GB microSD cards. The idea is that folks can buy an album from their favorite artists on microSD media—and get album art and extras besides—and easily move the music to whatever media player or computer system they like.
Yesterday, SanDisk announced the first slotMusic cards are now shipping, including music from over 40 top mainstream artists ranging from Elvis Presley and Jimi Hendrix to Katy Perry and Usher. The disks should be available at Best Buy and Walmart for $14.99 each.
Preparing for the Apple iPhone 3G
The new Apple iPhone (expected to be here June 9th) addresses a number of shortcomings the 1st gen product had and will likely be much more popular as a result. It is expected to be less expensive, have much better wireless performance, and work much better with corporate email systems. I feel sorry for my IT friends who think they can keep this version off their networks because I’m afraid that won’t work this time.
Nvidia announces nForce 3 Go120 MCP
The nForce3 Go120 has the industry’s most complete feature set for UPCs with HyperTransportâ„¢ technology providing maximized application performance, USB 2.0 support, and NVIDIA StreamThru technologyfor superior networking and broadband communications.
“The nForce3 Go120 has the smallest footprint and highest performance of any MCP available for UPCs,†said Rob Csongor, senior director of mobile computing products at NVIDIA. “It is inevitable that notebooks will continue to get smaller and lighter. The nForce3 Go120 breaks new ground toward that goal. Combine this breakthrough MCP technology with an NVIDIA graphics processing unit (GPU) and you get the best UPC experience possible.â€


